whiplash

  1. Noun.  the lash of a whip.
  2. Noun.  an injury to the upper spine caused by a violent jerk of the head in either a backward or forward or side to side direction.
  3. Verb.  To jerk back and forth; to buffet.
  4. Verb.  To lash as if with a whip.

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